Visa refusal rate

Sierra Leone

How often applications from Sierra Leone were refused or approved, fiscal year by fiscal year.

Source: U.S. Department of State, visa statistics · Unofficial

Visa category

Fiscal year

Nationality

B visas (visitors) · FY2025

70.5% refused

About 29% approved · #13 of 198 nationalities, where #1 has the highest refusal rate. A group figure, not a prediction for any one person.

Refusal rate by year

Choose a year

49.5%43.1%50.1%52.6%45.7%48%50.3%46.5%51.9%53%61.3%47.3%60.6%

Every year

The State Department's adjusted refusal rate. Approved is what is left after the refusals.

Fiscal year	Refused	Approved
FY2025	70.5%	about 29%
FY2024	69.4%	about 31%
FY2023	49%	about 51%
FY2022	45.2%	about 55%
FY2021	35.7%	about 64%
FY2020	59.4%	about 41%
FY2019	58%	about 42%
FY2018	60.6%	about 39%
FY2017	47.3%	about 53%
FY2016	61.3%	about 39%
FY2015	53%	about 47%
FY2014	51.9%	about 48%
FY2013	46.5%	about 54%
FY2012	50.3%	about 50%
FY2011	48%	about 52%
FY2010	45.7%	about 54%
FY2009	52.6%	about 47%
FY2008	50.1%	about 50%
FY2007	43.1%	about 57%
FY2006	49.5%	about 51%

A fiscal year runs from October to September (FY2025 is October 2024 to September 2025). This is for visitor (B) visas only.

In plain words

Refusal rate: Out of 100 people who applied, how many were told no. A 20% refusal rate means about 20 in 100 were refused.
Adjusted: The State Department leaves out people who were refused for paperwork reasons and later got the visa, so the number is fairer.
Approved: The visa was issued. We show it as what is left after the refusals.
Applications (workload): Everyone the embassies decided on in the year: visas issued plus visas refused.
Fiscal year (FY): The U.S. government year, October to September. FY2025 is October 2024 to September 2025.

Sierra Leone in short

What is the U.S. visa refusal rate for Sierra Leone?

For b visas (visitors), the adjusted refusal rate for people from Sierra Leone was 70.5% in FY2025, which means about 29% of applications were approved. It is a group figure for one fiscal year, not a prediction for any one person.

Visa Status is an unofficial site and does not give immigration advice. A refusal rate describes all applications from a country in one year. It does not predict what will happen to any one applicant.